Charging and poking mechanism for gas-producers.



. M. J. OWENS. CHARGING AND POKING MECHANISM FOR GAS PRODUCERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 5. I914.

Patented (11113 23, 1918 3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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ATTORNEYS M. J. OWENS. CHARGING AND POKING MECHANISM FOR GAS PRODUCERS.

APPLICATION man NOV. 5. 1914. Patented July 23, 1918.

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ATTORIVEICS M. J. OWENS. CHARGING AND POKING MECHANISM FOR GAS PRODUCERS.

APPLICATION FILED HOV-5,1914. %%Ffi,fi.?%

Patented July 23, 1918.-

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A TTOR/I/EVJ trier MIGHAJEL owners; or women, oi-iio'nsere-n'oie 'ro rein tronnnoennse oomrnnr; or roztnno, OHIO, A cenrennrron or onto.

GHARGIHG: AND I'OKING MECHANISM FUE- (S'rAS-PRQIIBUCEERfi.

f1 '0. a/IZ who/m it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Mioniien (l. Owens, 0.

ycitizen of the United States of America, re-

siding- 'nt Toledo, in the county of Lucas and rltate of Ohio, have inventcil certain .ncW and usefulImprovements in Uhargring and Poking .Mechzinism for Gaelirocluecrs,

' of which the following 2i specification, rel".-

erencc being haul therein to the accompanying, drawings.

'lheinvention relates to a, chair in euol poking; device for gas producers and consistsin the construction of a device comprising n. n1oviible furnace top, one portion of which contains a series of pockets adopted. to

rereive and discharge coal over the surface oi? the grates in the furnace "21ml another portion adapted to be moved over the fillnuce and carrying a series of pokere; and further in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts 3.55

more fully hereinafter described anti portioa ulnrly pointed out in the claims In the drawings:

liigure 1 is a vertical central section through afurnace with myimprovedclung ing and poking device, showing also the coal bin with charging spouts, also in see tion'; i U

Fig. 2 iso top plum View of the charging-- plate, portly broken own, part of the left-- lihnd portion being taken from a point sectionally through the pokers good part in. section through theguides for the lower end of the poker, and Figs. 3 and l are enlarged sectional views of portions of Fig. l.

A represents the furnace of: gas pro donor, the wall-of which at its lower end in heeled in the tank B. Centrally in the furmice 1 have shown it revolving grnte, C, resting on rollers, D, and driven by a. screw, meshing; with e. worm, E; these g iiirts being;- of, kiioivn construction aiul formiin i;

no part of my present invention. 13 more eci'zts the outlet for the gnece 'l'roin the pro-- together by the flanges and bolts as nhonn ail r- The edges of these plates are provided with depending iliinges, d, which project into tank, H. extending at each side oi the furnace e. suflicicnt distance to take care of the travel fthe top G and; memt'nm n wetense-a1 at ellfitiniee. The nnrts a, b -I'BQDEO Specification of Letters Patent. jfaflmnted July 23, 19153}, Application filed November 5,1914. Seriei Ito, fi'mfl'ih. V

[rack M, beshleijhe track, to propel the top :iornwird and. bark to its two positions.

The section a of he plate G is provided with :1. series or coal pockets, (ll, rc 'istering with apertures (l through that section or the plate. (rinse pockets 0' are provided at top and bottom with cut-oil gates, it It, and any euitoble operating devices may be 131117 ployeil for causing these gates to open and close. The. upper series ztre arranged to be in when the outer ones are out, and vice verso...

Arranged at one side of the furnace is o conl hop tier, 1?,1R0Vldttl at its lower end with n series of discharge spouts, l correspending; in number and location to the poclrete O of the top G. The lower curls of there spouts are provided .With corrosponcling cut-oil grates i '5'. When the top li'lUiVtiti beneath the hopper, each one of the pockets i) will. register with n spout P. ciuitnhle crlushed coal being; placed in the hopper, if. the gates ii are open, the gates 2" beingcloeeththe ccalwiil hill the chamber in beneath between the tivo'gntes in all 9 of the shoots. 'lhe gatee z" are then ClOSCLl and the gates in of the top are opened, while the aters it ere closed; then the ates I pockets in. the top; the gates it are-theirv closed amt it ,tho top he then moved from beneath the hopper to at position over the furnace {no shown in Fig. I and the gates it opcnerl, the" coal will be delivered from the pot-lien; into the furnace and evenly on irihuicd at all points thereon.

it is uiulei-etoocl that the pockets 0 are arranged. so an tonnilre i substantially uniform distribution of the cool-over all points or the grate, as shown in Fi 2. t

hen the top is ,n'iovecl to the ri ,ht of the drawings, so that the pockets of echerging to} are beneath the coal chutes, the section h of: the top will be over the fumnce.

This section, as will be seen by the drawings, carries the poking devices.

At four or more points on the section 7) of the top are secured posts, Q. At the top of these posts is secured the head, Q, in which is arranged one or more cylinders, R. In each cylinder is a piston, R, connected to the piston rod R which in turn is connected to a sliding head, S, guided upon the posts Q. Suit-able bumper springs S are provided above and below the sliding head around the posts Q.

Connected to the lower endof the head S are a series of pokers, T, at their lower ends projecting into tubular guides, U, formed on the upper surface of the part, b, of the top, andthese may be provided with cups, 0, for water packing.

When the pokers are arranged over the furnace, by suitable air or water connections the sliding head S may be lowered an'd the ends of the pokers will project into and perforate the coal, substantially uniformly at all points as the pokcrs are distributed over the entire bed of the furnace, as shown at the left-hand of Fig. 2. When out of use they may be withdrawn at their lower ends inside of a tubular guide, U, as shown at v the left of Fig. 1.

The operation of the device'having been already explained, what I claim as my invention is:-

1. The combination of a gas producer furnace havin an open top a reciprocating coverplal'e therefor, a series of pockets in the plate, arranged to distribute coal uniformly over the grate surface, slides at the top and bottom of each pocket, and a complementary series of discharge chutes, arranged over the removed position of the cover, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a gas producer lurnace having an open top, a reciprocating cover-plate therefor, a series of coal pockets on one end of the plate, arranged to distribute coal uniformly over the grate area, a series of guide tubes on the other half of the plate, a series of reciprocating pokers in said guide tubes, means for reciprocating the pokers, said pokers being arranged to effect the poking over the entire grate area.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. OWENS.

\Vitnesses T. H. MILLER, S. E. EICHMAN. 

